rent and prospective

students, faculty, and professional

women interact. An “Each One,

Reach One” community network-

ing plan using women’s existing

social networks asks that atten-

dees at each luncheon invite pro-

spective students (particularly

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impact: recycling programs and

green energy; handcrafted prod-

ucts; athletic activism for a cause;

humanitarian uses of science and

technology; local food; perform-

ance art of all types, visual arts,

writing, web-based action; health

and wellness; animal care and

advocacy; childcare, tutoring, and

mentoring. Individual projects are

welcome as are community inter-

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The Women’s Studies Program

invites campus and community to

“Charged Up For Change! EXPO”

on March 31, which features a

community fair, 10 a.m-1 p.m., and

a panel discussion, 1-2 p.m., in the

University Center, UAHuntsville.

EXPO brings together local indi-

viduals and groups who create

positive social change in diverse

and unusual ways.

The purpose of the event is to

help students and others see all

the creative ways they can use

their interests to make the world

better. The EXPO planning team

hopes to involve many exhibitors

featuring creative projects, hob-

bies, or actions that promote

social service and change. Exhibits

may highlight any form of positive

change that makes a local or global

EXPO Highlights Positive Community Change

Women’s Studies Receives AAUW CAP Grant The American Association of

University Women awarded the

Women’s Studies Program a

Campus Action Project (CAP)

grant for its 2009-10 project,

“Strengthening the Chain,” which

encourages women students in

engineering at UAHuntsville.

As one of 12 grants awarded na-

tionally, the UAHuntsville project

seeks to stimulate recruitment and

retention

of women

students by strengthening sup-

portive links among current stu-

dents, prospective non-traditional

students, and engineering profes-

sionals, and by encouraging di-

verse, relevant, and humanitarian

uses of engineering.

The CAP team is organizing three

luncheon discussions, where cur-

Spring, 2010 Volume 20, Number 2

WOMEN’S STUDIES NEWS

You may like to know that…

• The Women’s Studies

Program includes 36 faculty members and 40 courses cross-listed in 14 disciplines.

• The Women’s Studies

Resource Center, 344 Morton Hall, houses a unique collection of books on women and gender studies. It is free and open to the public.

• The Women’s Studies

Program and the Huntsville Branch of the American Associa-tion of University Women sent five students to the 2009 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders in Maryland.

Inside this issue:

Jean-Baptiste to Speak at UAH History Forum

2

Feminist Chorus to Give Spring Concert

2

Register to host a booth at EXPO!

4

Summer and Spring 2010 Courses

5

Give to Women’s Studies!

6

WOMEN’S STUDIES NEWS

In celebration of Women's

History Month, the Huntsville

Feminist Chorus will give its

annual Spring Concert on

Saturday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m.

in UAHuntsville’s Roberts Recital

Hall. This year’s concert features

songs on the theme of change and

the help we get along the way.

The Chorus will perform a new

arrangement of the chant “She

Changes Everything She Touches,”

Holly Near’s “Change of Heart,”

as well as both new and familiar

songs of social justice and spiritual

hope.

The Huntsville Feminist Chorus is

a popular a cappella group known

regionally for performing songs

that uplift and

empower

women. Drum-

ming is a promi-

nent feature of

their powerful

performances.

The Chorus has

performed a

concert at UAH

every spring

since 1996.

The concert is free and

open to the public, and

is sponsored by the

UAHuntsville Women's

Studies Program. For

more information, call

(256) 824-6210.

History Forum Features Expert on Central African Gender Relations, Social, Cultural, and Political History

tral Africa. Her wide-ranging re-

search encompasses gender, sexu-

ality, urban history, colonialism,

and law in late twentieth-century

Gabon. Her past work has in-

cluded interracial sex, métissage,

and the codification of customary

law. In a forthcoming article, enti-

tled “‘A Black Girl Should Not be

With a White Man’: Sex, Race,

and African Women’s Social and

Legal Status in Colonial Gabon,

c. 1900-1946,” Jean-Baptiste looks

more closely at interracial sex.

Currently, Jean-Baptiste is working

on a manuscript that considers

contested conjugal and sexual

Dr. Rachel Jean-Baptiste, will pre-

sent her work on women, mar-

riage, and sex in Gabon, Africa, in

a public lecture on March 25 at

7:30 p.m. in Roberts Hall, Room

419, on the UAHuntsville campus.

Jean-Baptiste is Assistant Profes-

sor of African History at the Uni-

versity of Chicago. Her lecture is

entitled “Contested Conjugal and

Sexual Relations in Gabon:

Changes in Gender, Social Status,

and Political Authority.”

Jean-Baptiste, who received her

doctorate from Stanford Univer-

sity, specializes in the social, cul-

tural, and political history of Cen-

Women’s Studies Program The University of Alabama

in Huntsville

344 Morton Hall

Huntsville, Alabama 35899

Phone: (256) 824-6210

Fax: (256) 824-2387

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Dr. Nancy Finley Director

Dr. Rose Norman Events Coordinator

Online Newsletter Editor

Erin Reid Newsletter Editor

Huntsville Feminist Chorus Presents Spring Concert on Theme of Change and Community Support

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relationships in Libreville. She uses

these cases to dissect and explain

changing gender roles, social

status, and political authority in

the merging city. Her public

lecture draws on this recent

research.

This lecture is free and open to

the public. Support is provided by

the UAHuntsville History Depart-

ment, Women’s Studies Program,

Global Studies Program, and the

Humanities Center. For more

information, contact Dr. Christine

Sears, Department of History, at

(256) 824-2573 or via email at

christine.sears@uah.edu.

Dr. Rachel Jean-Baptiste will speak March 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Roberts Hall, Room 419.

est groups, grassroots collectives,

established volunteer organiza-

tions, student clubs, alternative

businesses, and more.

EXPO will provide an exciting

venue for networking and will also

feature local musicians, actors, and

performance artists. The carnival-

like atmosphere will be fun for all

with refreshments, door prizes,

and creative surprises.

EXPO is organized by a diverse

group of faculty, staff, and stu-

dents, including the Women’s

Studies Program, Student Socio-

logical Association (SSA), Art

Club, AAUW CAP Grant Team,

and POWER (the Women’s

Studies student organization),

with financial support from the

Student Government Association,

and donations from many local

businesses.

Entertainment is coordinated by

Anna Sue Courtney of the Flying

Monkey Arts Center, which will

be a major event participant.

EXPO is free and open to the

public. For additional details,

exhibitor guidelines, and

registration information, visit

www.uah.edu/expo, or call

(256) 824-6190 or email

nancy.finley@uah.edu.

“EXPO” (cont. from page 1)

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FIRST MINI-SESSION ED 530 01 Applied Multiculturalism TR 12:30-4:45 Kovacs PHL 202 01 Introduction to Ethics MTWR 10:15-12:15 TBA SOC 106 01 Marriage and Family MTWR 12:30-2:30 Finley

SECOND MINI-SESSION PHL 202 02 Introduction to Ethics MTWR 10:15-12:15 TBA PHL 202 03 Introduction to Ethics MTWR 2:45-4:45 TBA

Women’s Studies Course Offerings Summer 2010

“CAP” (cont. from page 1) non-traditional students) to future

panel discussions. The CAP team

members will also produce inno-

vative digital and print materials

offering relevant views of engi-

neering and practical information

for returning students. In addition,

the project team will prepare a

science, technology, math, and

engineering division at the

campus-wide “Charged Up For

Change! EXPO” on March 31.

Student representatives will pre-

sent the project at the June 3–5,

2010, AAUW / NASPA National

Conference for College Women

Student Leaders at the University

of Maryland, College Park. The

conference helps young women

connect with other students and

successful women while honing

their leadership skills for their

work on campus and in their com-

munities.

Nancy Finley, Director of

Women’s Studies, says, “We are

extremely excited at being

awarded this grant. It is an excel-

lent opportunity to bring to-

gether the expertise of women

in the College of Liberal Arts

and the College of Engineering.

Faculty, students, and staff have

been working closely together

on this project to develop lead-

ership in our students and

increase networking between

the campus and professional

women in the community.”

For more information, visit

www.uah.edu/cap or call

(256) 824-6190.

CM 345 01 Media Representation TR 11:10-12:30 Brown-Givens EH 438 01 African American Literature TR 3:55-5:15 Flint EH 493 01 The Victorian Novel TR 3:55-5:15 Early HY 399 05 ST: Construction of Gender TR 12:45-2:05 Sears MGT 462 01 Employment Law for Managers TR 3:55-5:15 Gramm PHL 202 01 Introduction to Ethics MWF 11:30-12:25 Martine PHL 202 02 Introduction to Ethics MW 3:55-5:15 Jones PHL 202 03 Introduction to Ethics TR 12:45-2:05 Wilkerson

PHL 202 04 Introduction to Ethics TR 2:20-3:40 Heikes PHL 303 01 Contemporary Philosophy MWF 11:30-12:25 Wilkerson PY 406 01 Psychology of Women MW 3:55-5:15 Carpenter PY 437 01 Psychobiology of Stress/Illness M 5:30-8:20 Torres SOC 106 01 Marriage and Family TR 12:45-2:05 Terrell SOC 200 01 Intro. to Anthropology MW 12:45-2:05 Sitaraman SOC 306 01 Sociology of Gender W 5:30-8:20 Finley SOC 315 01 Cultural Change M 3:55-6:50 Sitaraman

Women’s Studies Course Offerings Fall 2010

Course offering schedules are not final. For changes, see the official UAHuntsville schedule of classes at www.uah.edu/cgi-bin/schedule.pl

Top: CAP student organizer Tamara Hill offered a compelling testimonial at the first luncheon. Center: More than 30 students, faculty, and professionals attended the first luncheon. Bottom: The CAP planning team includes faculty, staff, and students from Engineering and Liberal Arts.

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